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Hrithik Roshan....

Born in a family of cinema personalities, Hrithik Roshan's first movie role was as a child artist when he was six years old was in the film Aasha. Hrithik Roshan rose to instant fame with 'Kaho Na Pyaar Hai'. His lover boy looks and well-chiselled body makes him a mass favourite. His life-size wax figure was installed at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum making him the fifth Indian actor who has been replicated as a wax statue. He is involved with a number of humanitarian causes, endorses several brands and products, and has launched his own clothing line. Hrithik Roshan was married for fourteen years to Sussanne Khan, with whom he has two children.

Sanjay Dutt....

Sanjay Dutt is all set to make a comeback to films with Omung Kumar directorial, Bhoomi. The film will see him play a father to Aditi Rao Hydari, who’s been wronged. A revenge drama will see Dutt, back in action. And while we all are waiting for him to get back in Munna Bhai mode with Munna Bhai 3, looks like there is another film he’s gonna work on after Bhoomi. According to a report by mid-day, Omung Kumar is all set to make biopic on the life of Maharaja of Jamnagar. And he is of opinion that only Sanjay Dutt can pull off the character of magnificent Maharaja. For the uninitiated, Maharaja of Jamnagar saved the life of several polish children and women during World War II. And it indeed will be interesting to see Sanjay Dutt doing a biopic, as it’ll be his first biopic. Apart from this film, Sanjay Dutt will star as Gangster in Saheb Biwi aur Gangster 3. It was reported that Part 3 will take off from where Part 2 ended and will be mounted on a bigger scale with Sanjay playing a royal character. “He will look, talk and behave like a true royal. His costumes and appearance will be majestic.The world the films are set in will remain the same but Sanjay will be the central character this time. We are adding several new characters and some of them are big names,

20 years of Ashwaria Rai

Former Miss World and Padma Shri awardee Aishwarya Rai completed 20 years in Bollywood on 15 August 2017. Born into a Tulu speaking family in Karnataka, Rai made her acting debut in 1997 with Mani Ratnam’s Tamil film Iruvar. In the same year, Rai also marked her Bollywood debut with Rahul Rawail’s Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya, which released on 15 August 1997. With a few tepid roles in the interim, her career in Hindi cinema finally took off with Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. She went on to deliver what could arguably be called the best performance of her career in Bhansali’s 2002 film Devdas. Playing the coy but gritty Paro, Rai owned every frame, every expression in the cinematic adaptation of Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s novel of the same name. After 2002, Rai again tasted success after a long gap of four years with the second installment of Dhoom in 2006. Cast opposite Hrithik Roshan, Rai was seen in a never before avatar. Playing the sly thief Sunehri, she complimented a suave Roshan at every stage in the film. In 2007, she again garnered critics’ praise, who hadn’t been to kind on her otherwise, with Guru and Provoked. After a few misses, Rai went on a sabbatical only to make a stunning comeback in Karan Johar’s Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. With 20 glorious years of highs and lows and yet, still being one of the most celebrated actors, one can only wonder what she cannot do.

Kangana Ranaut....

With the nepotism debate taking new turns everyday, everyone seems to have an opinion on it. The Kangana Ranaut-Karan Johar row began on the latter’s talk-show, Koffee With Karan. Ranaut had called him “the flagbearer of nepotism” in Bollywood, referring to the filmmaker’s preference for star kids. Johar brought up the debate again while hosting IIFA awards 2017 along with Saif Ali Khan and Varun Dhawan. The trio made a nepotism joke, aimed at the actress on stage. Since then, a lot has transpired - apologieshave been issued and sides have been chosen and open letters have been written. However this one takes the cake. ScoopWhoop recently wrote a satirical response on behalf of Ranaut. The spoof piece had the actress apologising for speaking her mind. “I want to sincerely apologise to Karanji and tell him that I will never utter the word nepotism again,” read a few lines from the piece. The piece was clearly meant to not be taken literally. However, some people and media houses could not detect the sarcasm and passed it off as Ranaut’s actual response to the fiasco. There is no doubt that this row has been fodder for a lot of news organisations because it involves some of Bollywood’s most influential celebrities and the favourism that exists in the industry. Although the post was shared by organisations which deemed it as the Queen actress’ official statement, Ranaut had no involvement in the fabrication process of the piece. This highlights weak judgement and hasty decisions, all of which lead to fake news. Fake news is as important an issue as nepotism and needs to be tackled. Therefore, not being misled by such information is imperative for uninterrupted, healthy discourse. A little fact-checking could save one from having an uninformed opinion.

Sonakshi & Shatrughan Sinha

Actress Sonakshi Sinha has teamed up with her father, actor-MP Shatrughan Sinha, to support ‘Project Nanhi Kali’, which provides education to underprivileged girl children in India. Sonakshi took to Twitter to share a photograph with her father after shooting a video in support of the project. “Shot something beautiful for @NanhiKali. Go register if you want to support a great cause - education of an underprivileged girl child!” she wrote. Shatrughan also tweeted, “Shot with @sonakshisinha for a good cause @NanhiKali. Society can only evolve when all are treated and educated equally.” Actor Rishi Kapoor and his daughter Riddhima Kapoor Sahani have supported Nanhi Kali in the past.

Priyanka Chopra

Global star Priyanka Chopra is slowly taking over the world by storm. After bagging TV and movie projects in Hollywood, working as a global ambassador for UNICEF, producing regional films and being a face of several prestigious magazine covers, Priyanka Chopra is adding another feather to her success cap. Priyanka Chopra has a found a spot in the LinkedIn Power Profiles List of 2017. On Wednesday, the professional networking giant LinkedIn announced its fourth edition of Power Profiles, a list of the most viewed LinkedIn profiles of professionals in India. Priyanka Chopra has grabbed the second position on the Influencers List right after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. On the work front, Priyanka Chopra recently wrapped up her next Hollywood film titled Isn’t It Romantic, featuring Rebel Wilson, Adam Devine and Liam Hemsworth. It is scheduled to release on February 14, 2019. Priyanka Chopra will also be seen in A Kid Like Jake which also stars Jim Parsons, Claire Danes and Octavia Spencer. It will head to the theatres in 2018. Currently, Priyanka is prepping to start to the third season of her TV show, Quantico.

Anurag Thakur announces initiatives to promote India as an international film shooting destination

Information and Broadcasting and Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Anurag Thakur announced several initiatives to promote India as an international film shooting destination.

The minister, who's big on making India a central global content hub, unveiled an incentive scheme for the audio-visual co-production and shooting of foreign films in India with a cash incentive of up to 30 percent, capped at $260,000.

An additional 5 percent, or up to a maximum of Rs 50 lakh ($65,000), will be granted to film units that employ 15 percent or more workforce from India, the minister added in his speech at the inauguration of the star-studded Indian Pavilion at the Marche du Cannes on a sun-dappled Wednesday in the French Riviera.

"Hamare paas surf film industry Nahi, hamare pass cine-maa hai!" the minister said, harking to the famous Shashi Kapoor line in the blockbuster 'Deewar.' "This year, India intends to give the global audience a flavor of India's cinematic excellence, technological prowess, rich culture and illustrious heritage of storytelling," he added.

The high point of the inauguration, which began with a performance by the Rajasthani folk artiste Mame Khan, was the release of the first-look poster of the 53rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI). Which carries the tagline 'Celebrate the Joy of Cinema.' The festival will be held in Goa from November 20 to 28, 2022.

The minister said: "While preserving our age-old stories, Indian filmmakers are innovating in the art of storytelling through technology. The Indian film industry, which produces almost 2,000 films annually, is the world's largest."

And to make sure that this creative powerhouse is not lost, the minister made another major announcement. "We have started the world's largest film restoration project under the National Film Heritage Mission. As part of this drive, 2,200 movies across languages will be restored to their former glory."

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